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       SECTION F.3                                                                    Hint Tables



       Note: All the items in Table F.3 that specify a number of bits needed, such as item 3,
       can have values in the range 0 through 32. Although that range requires only 6 bits,
       16-bit numbers are used.

                          TABLE F.3 Page offset hint table, header section
ITEM       SIZE (BITS)       DESCRIPTION

1          32                The least number of objects in a page (including the page object itself).

2          32                The location of the first page’s page object.

3          16                The number of bits needed to represent the difference between the greatest
                             and least number of objects in a page.

4          32                The least length of a page in bytes. This is the least length from the beginning
                             of a page object to the last byte of the last object used by that page.

5          16                The number of bits needed to represent the difference between the greatest
                             and least length of a page, in bytes.

6          32                The least offset of the start of any content stream, relative to the beginning of
                             its page. (See implementation note 183 in Appendix H.)

7          16                The number of bits needed to represent the difference between the greatest
                             and least offset to the start of the content stream. (See implementation note
                             183 in Appendix H.)

8          32                The least content stream length. (See implementation note 184 in Appendix
                             H.)

9          16                The number of bits needed to represent the difference between the greatest
                             and least content stream length. (See implementation note 184 in Appendix
                             H.)

10         16                The number of bits needed to represent the greatest number of shared object
                             references.

11         16                The number of bits needed to represent the numerically greatest shared ob-
                             ject identifier used by the pages (discussed further in Table F.4, item 4).

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